Halving and pitting bbvice



. June 2, 1931.

A. M. swANsoN 1,807,713

HALVING AND FITTING DEVICE Filed Feb. 15. 1929 INVENTOR.

Fl. m. SLUHNSDN dim}? 5m AT T ORNEYT ,v

Patented June 2 193i nurrs STATES PATENT? OFFICE I ALBERT M. SVTANSON, OF GOLTON, CALIFORNIA HALVING AND FITTING DEVICE Application filed February 15, 1929. Serial No. 340,128.

This invention relates to improvements in for the purpose. This carrier block has a rehalving and pitting devices. cess 6 extending around its inner edge, the The principal object of this invention is to purpose of the recess being to position the provide means whereby fruit may be cut in knives 7, 8, 9 and 11. These knives are each half and the pitremoved therefrom in an eX- slotted as shown at 12 so that a bolt 13 passing peditious manner. therethrough permits the knives to be moved A further object is to produce a device toward or away from a central point. which is economical to manufacture, one It will be noted that by viewing Figure 2 wherein the blades may be readily adjusted that the contour of the knife 7 is such as to w to accommodate for various sizes of fruit, one lead the fruit to be halved inwardly and where the blades may be readily removed for downwardly so as to contact the blade 8 which the purpose of sharpening. blade further leads the fruit into engagement A still further object is to produce a device with the blade 9 and finally into engagement which is portable. with the blade 11. The circular portion 14 of 15 Other objects and advantages will be apthe blade 11 causes the fruit to be held against parent during the course of the following dethe knives 7, 8, 9 and 11 at the same time the scription. circular portion is also acting as a cutter and In the accompanying drawings forming a consequently by the time the fruit has reached part of this specification and in which like the end of its travel the meat has been entirely numerals are employed to designate like out about the pit and the pit will become 7 parts throughout the same, wedged at the point A the two halves will Figure l is a top plan view of the blade carfall away from the pit and the stone or pit rier block, may be dislodged if it does not fall away of its Figure 2 is a top plan View of Figure 3, own accord. It is therefore only a matter of a5 and the operator picking up fruitand passing it Figure 8 is a front elevation of my device into the slot in the direction of the arrows as the same would appear when ready for use. indicated in Figure 2. This simplifies the In the processing of many fruits such as operation so that a very rapid halving of the apricots, peaches, prunes and the like fruit fruit can be accomplished, a much cleaner so it is necessary to cut the fruit in half so that job done and at the same time the risk of it may be readily dried and thus preserved cutting the operators hand is practically for future use. It has been accustomed to do eliminated. this cutting and pitting operation by hand It will thus be seen that I have produced a which was a tedious occupation as well as a device which will accomplish all the objects as dangerous one due to the fact that the knife v above set forth. often slipped and cut the operator. It is to be understood that the form of my Applicant has therefore devised a very invention herewith shown and described is to simple cutting and pitting tool which conbe taken as a preferred example of the same sists essentially of a small stand which may and that various changes relative to the maan be placed upon a table or other suitable supterial, size, shape and arrangement of parts 0 port in either a horizontal or vertical posimay be resorted to without departing from tion, which stand carries a plurality of knives the spirit of the invention or the scope of the of peculiar construction adjustably secured subjoined claims. to the stand against which knives the fruit Having thus described my invention, I

I -25 is moved, halved and pitted. claim In the accompanying drawings wherein for 1. In a device of the character described, a the purpose of illustration is shown a preblade carrier angular block, means for supterred embodiment of my invention, the porting said block, a plurality of blades senumeral 5 designates the blade carrier block cured in spaced relation to the inner portion 50 which may be made of any material suitable of said block, means for adjusting said blades to and from a central point, the edge of each of said blades converging into the next of said adjacent blades.

2. In a device of the character described, a blade carrier angular block, means for supporting said block, a plurality of blades secured in spaced relation to the inner portion of said block, means for adjusting said blades to and from a central point, the edge of each of said blades converging into the next of said adjacent blades, the converging edges of said blades forming an arcuate cutting edge and a circular knife portion adapted to force the fruit being cut into engagement With the arcuate blades as described.

3. In a device of the character described, a

lade carrier block, means for supporting said block, a plurality of blades secured to said block, one of said blades having a sub stantial circular portion, means for adjusting the other of said blades toward and away from said circula portion, the edges of each of said blades converging into the next of said adjacent blades, the converging edges of said blades forming an arcuate edge, said circular portion being adapted to force the fruit being cut into engagement with the arcuate blades in the manner described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ALBERT M. SW'ANSON. 

